David S Loughran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Loughran |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Loughran |
| SIGNATURE | LOUGHRAN D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Comparing Marital Status and Divorce Status in Civilian and Military Populations
Since military operations began in Afghanistan and Iraq, lengthy deployments have led to concerns about the vulnerability of military marriages. Yet evaluating military marriages requires some benchmark against which marital outcomes in the military may be compared. These analyses drew from personnel records from the entire male population of the active components of the U.S. military between 1998 and 2005, and from the Current Population Surveys…
Endowments and parental investments in infancy and early childhood
This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments. We estimate how the difference in birth weight across siblings impacts specific parental investments: breast-feeding, well-baby visits, immunizations, and preschool attendance. Our results indicate that normal-birth-weight children are 5%–11% more likely to receive early childhood parental investments than their low-birth-weight siblings. Moreover, the presence of ad…
The Effect of Male Wage Inequality on Female Age at First Marriage
A model in which women search for husbands characterized by their wages predicts increasing within-group male wage inequality, raises the expected value of continued marital search, and so lowers female marriage propensities. Using 1970, 1980, and 1990 census data, I test this hypothesis within geographically, racially, and educationally defined marriage markets. The estimates suggest rising male wage inequality accounted for 7% to 18% of the dec…
Endowments and parental investments in infancy and early childhood
This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments. We estimate how the difference in birth weight across siblings impacts specific parental investments: breast-feeding, well-baby visits, immunizations, and preschool attendance. Our results indicate that normal-birth-weight children are 5%–11% more likely to receive early childhood parental investments than their low-birth-weight siblings. Moreover, the presence of ad…
Comparing Marital Status and Divorce Status in Civilian and Military Populations
Since military operations began in Afghanistan and Iraq, lengthy deployments have led to concerns about the vulnerability of military marriages. Yet evaluating military marriages requires some benchmark against which marital outcomes in the military may be compared. These analyses drew from personnel records from the entire male population of the active components of the U.S. military between 1998 and 2005, and from the Current Population Surveys…
The Effect of Male Wage Inequality on Female Age at First Marriage
A model in which women search for husbands characterized by their wages predicts increasing within-group male wage inequality, raises the expected value of continued marital search, and so lowers female marriage propensities. Using 1970, 1980, and 1990 census data, I test this hypothesis within geographically, racially, and educationally defined marriage markets. The estimates suggest rising male wage inequality accounted for 7% to 18% of the dec…
Endowments and parental investments in infancy and early childhood
This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments. We estimate how the difference in birth weight across siblings impacts specific parental investments: breast-feeding, well-baby visits, immunizations, and preschool attendance. Our results indicate that normal-birth-weight children are 5%–11% more likely to receive early childhood parental investments than their low-birth-weight siblings. Moreover, the presence of ad…
Comparing Marital Status and Divorce Status in Civilian and Military Populations
Since military operations began in Afghanistan and Iraq, lengthy deployments have led to concerns about the vulnerability of military marriages. Yet evaluating military marriages requires some benchmark against which marital outcomes in the military may be compared. These analyses drew from personnel records from the entire male population of the active components of the U.S. military between 1998 and 2005, and from the Current Population Surveys…
Demography (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Marital status (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Attendance (1 work)